Bottle-filling and fluid-measuring machine.



W F. ARZINGER. BOTTLE FILLING A ND FLUID MEASURING MACHINE.

AI'PLIGATION FILED DEC. 29, 1911.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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and the outlet port opened.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLiAM r. ARZINGER, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-FILLING- AND FLUID-MEASURING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2. 1 913..

Application filed December 29; 1911. Serial No. 668,413.

To all whom 2'1 may concern Be 1tknown that I, \VILLIAM F. ARZINGER,

a citizen ot'the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the count v of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey. have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Filling and Fluid- Measuring Machine, of which the following is a fulhc'lear, and exactdescription.

' My" invention relates to filling machines and ithasfor its object to provide one with a member having a filling chamber with inlet and outlet 'ports. and valves for and mounted yield-v ingly on a valve spindle. so that when the member having the filling chamber whichcarries a nozzle, is moved down relatively to the spindle, the inlet port will be closed. and the outlet port will be subsequently opened. to permit the fluid to flow through the nozzle into the bottle.

Another object of the invention is "to connect a. reservoir with the filling chamber, and to provide the reservoir with an adjust-able sleeve, in which a tube secured to the floattravels, the float fitting the sides of the reservoir and preventing an additional amount of fluid flowing into the reservoir when the movement of the float is stopped by contact with the sleeve.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all 2 2 of similar to that and Fig. 4 is a sectionalview showing the filling chamber witlrthe inlet port closed.

By referring to the drawings it will be on a framefi there are two standards fi. sleeves T being disposed on the standards. and being held in predetermined'positions by the set screws --8. The sleeves- T have posed a transverse stop member 10, this stop member being held on the flanges- 9 by the bolts 11. A transverse'niember 12 is mounted for sliding on'thestandards 6.this transverse member '12 having opening 13, in which the studs 14 .on the'heads 15 are disshown in Fig. 2. but with both ports in the filling chamber closed:

flanges 9. on which is dis-- washers 16 being engaged above the head 20. and

posed. VVashci-Q 16 are mounted on the studs 14:. and the transverse member 12, the bv the heads of bolts 17. which extend through openings in the washers and engage the studs 14. The heads 15 are screwed on the filling members 18. each of thesefilling members 18 having a filling chamber 19. with heads 20 and 21.

In the head 20 there is an inlet port 22. and

in the head 21 there is an outlet port 23. In the side of each of the filling members 18 there is a threaded opening 24. in which meshes a thread on the pipe 25. the pipe 25 communicating with the filling member 18 the port There is also a second opening 26 in the side of each of the. filling members 18. in which is disposed a.pipe 27. this pipe 27 aitording an outlet from the outlet port 23. T he bottom of the filling members 18 have elongated bearings 28. in which are'disposed the valve spindles 29. the lower terminals 30 of the valve spindles 29 resting on the stops 10. Mounted for sliding on each of the valve spindles 29 there are two valves 81 and 32.

there being a collar secured to the valve spindle between the valves and a spring 3% being mounted on the valve spindle between the collar 33 and the valve 32, and a spring 35 being mounted on the valve spindle 29, between the collar and the valve 31. Both of these springs are disposed in the filling chamber 19. the upper terminal of the valve spindle extending through the outlet port to permit of this. i

()n the upper terminal of the valve spindle 29 there is a stop 36. which prevents the valve 32 from slipping from the ,\fll\'Q-.'-1)lll dlc it collar 37' is secured to the valve spindle 29. below theval've 31. and this collar 37' is normal'l disposed in a recess in the bearing 28. The springs 39 serve to hold the transverse member 12 upward and with it the filling-members 18 with their chambers 19: and the springs 39 which are mounted on the valve spindles 29 between the packing nuts e0 atthe bottom of the bearings 28 andthe nuts 41 which mesh with the threads 12 on the lower terminals 30 ot the valve spindles 29 serve to hold the valve spindles 29 down relatively to the filling members 18 with the valves in theposition shown in Fig. 20f the drawings. It will thus be seen that. by. adjusting the nut 41 the action of the spring 39 may-be. regulated In the rear of each of the filling cured depending nozzles 54, which are Wat] be screwed downward into the reservoirs 1-5 as may be desired. Secured to the floats 46 there are tubes 52, the tubes 52 extending upward through the sleeves 51,- and having lateral openings 53 in close proximity to the floats 46. To the pipes 27 there are seadapted to enter the necks 55 of the bottles when the outlet' ports 23 are lowered relatively to the valves 21. Vertical rods 55, are secured to the bearing members 56, by the set screws 57, and the positions of the rods 55 relatively to the-bearings 56 may be adjusted as desired. These bearing members 56 are secured to the rods 12 by means of the bolts 58. The lower terminals 60 of the vertical. rods are threaded, and are disposed through openings in the transvmse member 59, nuts 61 engaging the threaded terminals of the vertical rods to sup-, port the transverse member 59 on the vertical rods 55. A treadle 62 is connected with the transverse rod 5.) by means of which the vertical rods 55 and with them I the transverse member and the fillin members 18, may be raised and lowered.

In using the invention, when there no pressure on the treadle 62, the springs 39 and 39 hold the filling members 18, with their chambers 19, upward relatively tothe valve spindles 29, and the stop 10. lVhen in this position, which is shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the head 20, with the inlet port 22, is raised relatively to the valve 32, and the fluid may flow from the pipe 25 into the filling chamber 19, andfrom thence into um reservoirs 45, and the fluid will continue to flow until the floats 46 strike against the bottom of the sleeves 51. hen the floats 46 abut against the bottom of the sleeves 51, it is impossible for further fluid to enter the reservoirs, inasmuch as the lateral 0penings 53 in the tubes 52, which are the outlets for the air at the top of the reservoirs 45, are disposed within the sleeves 51, and the pressure of the air'above the floats 46, in connection with the fact that the floats 46 fit closely the sides 47, ofthe reservoirs 45, prevents the fluid from continuing to enter the reservoirs 45. When the bottles are in place below the nozzles 54, the treadle is operated, which draws the filling members 18, with their chambers 19 downward rela- Disposed for said tively to the valve spindles-d9, first'to the position shown in Fig. 3' of the drawings,

where the inlet ports 22 and the outlet ports.

23 are all closed, and then to'the position shownin Fig. 4 of the drawings where the filling members 18 with their chambers 19 l have moved downward, so thatjthe valves 31 are'raised from the outletports 23'by the collars 37, and: the fluid rcontained in the filling chambers 19 and .inthe reservoirs 45 flows out: through theoutlet po1-'t s ,23,

through the pipes 27,'an d to ,the nozzles '54.

these nozzles 54' having been lowered? with bers l9 and the capacityof the reservoirs 45,. below the floats 46,. when the floats 46. are. 'raised and abut against the sleeves 51. By' screwing upward or downward the sleeves 5-1, the quantity of the fluid which the reservoirs 45 will receive maybe regulated.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a filling machine, a filling member having achamber with a portnleading to and a portleading from the chamber, a stop, a valve spindle having one terminal extending into one of the ports with the other terminal disposed forlstrikingthe stop .when the valve spindle is moved down ward'ly, two valves mounted on the valve spindle for commandingv the ports, a collar secured to the va-lve spindle between the valves, springs mounted on the valve spin-.

dle between the collar and the valves. and a depending nozzle. secured to the filling member, with which the port leading from the chamber communicates, so that when the filling member is moved down the spindle will strike the stop, the valves will be operated, and the nozzle will belowered to a bottle which is to be filled.

2. In a filling machine, a member having a filling chamber, with a port leading to and a port leading from the chamber, a valve spindle extending'into one of the ports, two valves mounted on the valve spindle for commanding the ports, a collar secured to the-valve spindle between the valves, springs mounted on the valve spindle between the collarand the valves, a nozzle secured to the member for moving with the filling memher, there being a passage leading from the outlet port to the nozzle, and means for moving the member relatively to the valve spindle.

3. In a filling machine, a hollow filling member having a bearing and an inlet and an outlet, two heads with ports spaced apart in the member, a valve spindle disposes for filling member relativelyto the valve spinmember having a bearing and an inlet. and

disposed through sliding longitudinally in the bearing. and disposed through one of the ports, three collars secured to the valve spindle, a valve mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and one of the I outer collars, a second valve mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and the other outer collar. springs disposed between the-central collar and the valves, and means for moving the dle.

4. In a filling machine, a hollow filling an outlet, two heads with ports spaced apart inthe member, a valve spindle disposed for sliding longitudinally in the bearing, and one of the ports, three collars secured to the valve spindle, a valve mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar' and one of the outer collars, a second valve mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and the \other outer collar, springs disposed-between the central collar and the valves, means for moving the filling member relatively to the valve spindle, a depending nozzle secured to the filling member with which one of the ports communicates.

5. In a filling machine, a standard, a stop secured to the standard, a member for sliding-on the standard. a hollow filling menr ber secured to the first-mentioned member, two heads with ports secured in the filling member, a valve spindle having one terminal disposed through one of the ports, valves mounted on the valve spindle for commanding the ports, the other terminal of the valve spindle engaging the stop so that when the first-mentioned member is moved on the standard relatively to the stop, the filling member and the heads with the ports will be moved relatively to the valves.

6. In a filling machine. a standard, a stop secured to the standard. a member for sliding on the standard, a hollow filling member secured to the first-mentioned member, two

will be'moved relatively to the valves.

the valve spindle between heads with ports spaced apart and secured in the filling member, a valve spindle having one terminal disposed through one of the ports, three collars secured to the valve spindle, a valve for commanding one of the ports mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and one of the outer collars, a second valve for commanding the other port mounted for sliding on the central collar and the other outer collar, springs mounted on the valve spindle between the central collar and the valves, the other terminal of the valve spindle engaging the stop so that when the first-mentioned member is movedon the standard relatively to the stop the filling member and the heads with the ports T. In a filling machine, a standard, a stop secured to the standard, a member torslnlmg on the standard, a hollow filling member secured to the first-mentioned member having an elongated bearing, ports spaced apart and secured in the filling member. avalve' spindle having one terminal disposed through one of the ports, three collars secured to the for commandingone' ot the portsmounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and one of the outer collars, a second valve for commanding the other port mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and the other outer collar, springs mounted on the valve spindle between the central collar and the valves, the other terminal of the valve spindle engaging the stop so that when the firstmentioned member is moved on the standard and the heads with the ports will be moved relatively to the valves. a nut on the secondmentioned terminal of the 'valve spindle,

and a spring mounted on the valve spindle between the bearing and the nut for holding the filling member vieldingly relatively to the valve spindle.

S. In a filling machine, a standard, a stop secured to the standard, a member for sliding on the standard, a hollow filling member secured to the first-mentioned member having an elongated bearing, two heads with ports spaced apart and secured in the filling member, a valve spindle having one terminal disposed through one of the ports, three collars secured to the valve spindle, a valve for commanding one of the ports mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and one of the outer collars, a second valve for commanding the other port mounted for sliding on the valve spindle between the central collar and the other outer collar. springs mounted on the valve spindle between the central collar and the valves, the other terminal of the valve spin.- dle engaging the stop, so that when the first-mentioned member is moved on the standard relatively to the stop thefilling member and the heads with the ports will be moved relatively to the valves. a nut on the second-mentioned terminal of the valve spindle, and a spring mounted on the valve spindle between the bearing and the nut for holding the fillingmember yieldinglv relativelv to the valve spindle, and a depending nozzle secured to the filling member for feeding fluid to a bottle when the filling member is lowered, one of the ports being in communication with the nozzle.

9. In a filling machine, a hollow filling member having two ports, a valve spindle extending into one of the ports, three collars two heads with valve spindle, a ,valve .35 relatively to the stop the filling membered for sliding on the valve spindle between &

the central collar and one of the outer c01- 1211's, a second valve mounted for sliding on 1 the valve spindle between the central collar and the other collar, springs mounted on the valve spindle between the central collar and the valves, a reservoir in communication with the filling member between the ports and having an opening, a float for moving in the reservoir, a sleeve secured'in the opening for limiting the movement of the float in the reservoir, .anda tube secured to the float and disposed for moving in the sleeve,

there beinga lateral opening in the tube, serving as an outlet for the air in the reser voir above the float until the lateral opening 15 is covered by the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. AR-ZINGER.

lVitnesses EYERARD B. MARSHALL, PHILIP D. Romanians 

